Improvement in cultivators



S. M. GOFF.

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IMPROVEMENT IN CULTIVATORS.

Specifica-tion forming part of Letters Patent N0. 31,382, dated February l2, 1561..

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SILAS M GOFF, of East Addison, in the county ot' Addison and State ot' Vermont, have invented a new and Improved Cultvator; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the saine, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part. of this specification, in which- Figures I and 2 are side sectional views of my invention; Fig. 3, a plan or top view ofthe same; Fig. 4, a diminished detached view of the rear of the axle.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several gures.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand and construct my invention, I will proceed to describe it.

A A represent twol wheels, B, their axle, and C G thills attached thereto.

To the back or rear side ot' the axle B there are secured a series of loops or staples, a. These staples may extend the whole length of the axle, as shown clearly in Fig. 3, and they may be for-med ot' a metal bar bent or curved in zigzag form, the bar being firmly bolted to the axle.

' D represents a frame, which is formed of two parallel side pieces, b b, connected by traverse-bars c, and havin gashare, E, attached to it. This share is formed of a hat plate connected to side pieces, d, between which and over the plate there is placed a shaft, F, the journals of the latter being in the side pieces. The shaft F is provided with radial spikes 0r teeth e, and the plate or share E has vertical teeth f attached to its upper surface, between which teeth the teeth e of the shaft F rotate.

The shaft F is driven by a belt, g, which passes when required by means of a lever, I, the frontend ot' which is fitted to the axle B, as shown atj, and the lever connected by alink, k, to the frame, as shown at Zin Fig. 1.

To the front end of each side piece b of the frame D there is attached a hook, J, and these hooks are iitted in the proper loops or staples a, which are attached to the axle. The hook J and staples e form the connection between the frame D and the axle B, as shown clearly in Figs. l and 3.

K is a frame .in which two oblique shares, L, are placed. Both ot' these shares are shown in blue in Fig. 3, and also the frame K. The shares L are attached to an adjustable bar, M, and to the back part of the frame K there is attached a swinging or adjustable frame, N, which has a segment-bar, O, attached to it, said bar passing up through a cross-piece, on, of the frame, and secured therein at any desired point by a pin, u. 'Ihe frame N has a roller, N', in its lower end. By adjusting this bar 0 in the cross-piece m the frame N may be secured in a more or less inclined position, and the depth ot' the shares L L regulated as desired.

rIhe front ends of the side pieces ot' the frame KV have hooks I) attached, and these hooks are lit-ted in the staples a when the cov- 4 ering-shares L are used.

From the above description it will be seen that when the frame D is used the share E is designed to work between the rows, as the share is a cultivator and the revolving toothed shaft F is a pulverizer. When, however, the frame K, with its shares L L, is used, the latter are designed to cover the seed, and consequently the frame K requires to be attached to the axle B, so as to have a position relatively therewith somewhat diti'erent from the frame D, as the shares L work one at each side ot' the rows. This will be fully understood by referring to Figs. 3 and 4, the blue circles in the latter iigure showingthe position of the shares L and the red circle the position of the share E. The attaching, therefore, ot' the frames D K to the axle B by means of the hooks and staples, as shown, admits ot' this varying position of the frames,

and consequently the same axle and wheels segmentbar O, roller N', frame D, sha-re E, may be used both for a cultivator and covering toothed shaft F, and hooks J in the manner device. and for the purpose herein shown and de- Having thus described my invention, what scribed. l

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters I SILAS M. GOFF.

AARON HINDEs,

The arrangement of the adjustable shares CHARLES W. HINDEs.

L, bar M, and frame K, with the frame N, 

